Additional notes: So I finally tried mixing this with some ripe pu-erh! Teavivre’s loose ripe pu-erh. A teaspoon of each. What I SHOULD have done was only add some of the pu-erh, rinse it, then add a teaspoon of the Alphonso to properly get the pu-erh started before steeping the Alphonso at all. I’m hardly tasting the pu-erh on the first cup. And I didn’t want to steep this a long time so that the mango flavor had already disappeared on the first cup. But the mango flavor is still as lovely as can be, as if I were drinking it without the pu-erh. The pu-erh adds a nice depth while not overpowering, and this basically worked like I wanted it to. Even the third steep has some lingering mango while the puerh becomes more prominent. I swear I had a very starchy mango tea but I’m not sure which one it was now… maybe I’m just thinking of actual mango. But I’m REALLY glad I tried this combination. Should have went for a fourth steep.
Steep #1 // 1 teaspoon of this + 1 teaspoon Teavivre’s loose ripe puerh for full mug // 20 minutes after boiling // 1 1/2 minute steep
Steep #2 // 10 minutes after boiling // 2 1/2 minute steep
Steep #3 // just boiled // 7 min
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I’m not sure why this idea never occured to me, but this just may be how to finally get all that pu’erh that tastes like dirt and swamp water out of my cupboard…
or just don’t drink the pu-erh. haha. But that would be a good way to drink it if you’re determined to drink the puerh.
Well, I don’t want to be wasteful…
I’m not sure why this idea never occured to me, but this just may be how to finally get all that pu’erh that tastes like dirt and swamp water out of my cupboard…
or just don’t drink the pu-erh. haha. But that would be a good way to drink it if you’re determined to drink the puerh.
Well, I don’t want to be wasteful…